Getting 2 LHDs ready for Bushfire Assist was mammoth effort
Navy engineers, contractors and families who cut short Christmas holidays to support Operation Bushfire Assist were thanked for their mammoth efforts.
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Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20
Task Force Boar ruts through Namadgi
Soldiers are swinging chainsaws and brush cutters as they clear paths in the rugged Namadgi National Park for the ACT’s Emergency Services Agency.
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Reservists defending history in high country
Army Reserve soldiers have hit the heights to clear timber and forest-floor materials in an effort to protect a heritage arboretum
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New Zealand engineers going home
New Zealand Army engineers and medical staff deployed to Operation Bushfire Assist are returning home today after completing their assigned tasks.
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Soldiers deliver baby – nearly
A woman runs into the Cobargo relief centre on 21 January, grabbing towels and saying her daughter was in labour – and the Army springs to action.
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Aust/NZ call on US Army Space and Missile Defense Command for bushfire comms
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command have been a vital partner in Operation Bushfire Assist since 5 January, providing vital communications capacity.
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Op Bushfire Assist – 27 January UPDATE
Update on ADF efforts in assisting state authorities to reopen roads, restore essential services and deliver emergency supplies to fire-affected communities
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Withdrawal of Reserves has already begun
Defence says the draw-down of Reserve personnel assisting in the bushfire cleanup has already begun, despite the ‘compulsory call-out’ ending 7 February.
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Vision of C-130 crash site released
New South Wales Police have released drone footage of the devastating C-130 air tanker crash site in the Snowy Mountains.
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Kiwi NH90s working hard around the bush capital
RNZAF NH-90 helicopters and their crews are providing sterling service in Australia, lifting their fair share of the load in the bushfires battle.
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C-130 crash victims named
The three Americans killed in yesterday’s C-130 Hercules water-bomber crash while fighting a bushfire south of Canberra have been named by their employer.
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Sycamore delighted to expand role for fire mission
The civilian crew of the Navy-contracted MV Sycamore relished their expanded role during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20.
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Dash to Canberra for fresh fire fight
Australian Army engineers were swiftly redeployed 100km north from Cooma to Canberra in response to a fresh fire emergency in the capital on 23 January.
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Big lift – like only Chinook can
5th Avn Regt provided a critical capability in the form of four CH-47 Chinooks in the initial evacuations under threat from bushfires in Victoria.
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Water flows for grateful farmer
“I’m lost for words” one Tumbarumba farmer said when a RAAF tanker rolled through his front gate with 15,000 litres of water to fill up his dam.
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Experience ensures quick pitstops for choppers
‘Hot refuelling’ is a critical skill that quick turnarounds for cargo and passenger movements into and out of bushfire-affected areas is kept efficient.
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Op Bushfire Assist – 23 January UPDATE
Nearly 6400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation Bushfire Assist – approximately 3000 Reserves and 3400 full-time, plus more than 350 foreign troops.
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‘Compulsory’ Reserve call out to end 7 February
The government will request the Governor-General revoke the compulsory call out of the Australian Defence Force Reserves with effect from 7 February 2020.
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Hercules and crew lost in bushfire fight
The NSW Rural Fire Service is investigating reports of a serious incident involving an aircraft in southern NSW around 2pm on 23 January 2020.
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Centrelink-ing community relief payments no joke
What do an Urdu-speaking investment banker and an ability linker have in common? They’re both 5 Bde reservists working helping Centrelink across communities
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